Rough Edges

[Vincent Rosati]

Usually that type of thing is better done in Photoshop.

But to do something like that In Illustrator, you could use the rectangle tool to draw a box, then apply a Brush to the stroke, from the Brush Palette.
There are a bunch of brush libraries in the drop-down menu.
You would probably also have to Object/Expand to match the color.

Or, you could Live Trace an actual photo that has the rough edge that you are looking for, or perhaps a scan of your own brush strokes.

Just a few ideas.

Vince

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[Dirk d. Lopez]

Thanks a lot for the reply. I guess I just really need to dive in and work with those brushes. Im not too familiar with them. Thanks again for all the tips!